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Does De Klerk Deserve a Break?

De Klerk Deserve a Break? No, but Mandela could strengthen his campaign to end apartheid by endorsing a gradual easing of sanctions

Hiding in The Flag

Washington has more important things to do than posture about Old Glory

The Rap Against a Rap Group

Anti-obscenity campaigners are getting as nasty as they wanna be against raunchy music, but will juries go along?

Who's In Charge Here?

A supertanker fire off Texas shows how the U.S. remains ill-prepared for fighting oil spills

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Islam Ballots for Allah

An unexpected fundamentalist triumph in Algeria sends a shiver through the Arab world and beyond. Is the fear justified?

The Balkans Wild in the Streets

In Romania and Bulgaria, the game has changed but the players are still former Communists, leaving some spectators unhappy

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Good Ole Bad Boy

A Texas S&L tycoon is indicted, but how many others will the U.S. nab?

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Interview: with HELMUT KOHL: Driving Toward Unity (Interview)

Toward Unity Sensitive to his country's history, Chancellor HELMUT KOHL warns against isolating Germans and argues that unification is not only urgent but will make the '90s the decade of Europe

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